Selenium Basic VBA - Screenshot as Base64

Question

Is it possible to have Selenium Basic (via VBA) to output a screenshot as a base64 image?

I can successfully take a screenshot using:

Set sc = element.TakeScreenshot

I have tried:

sc.getScreenshotAsBase64

But it doesn't work. Is this possible to achieve?

Thanks.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25565737/selenium-get-screenshot-as-file-vs-get-screenshot-as-base64 — akshay patil, Jan 22 '19 at 10:17
@QHarr it means that the method `getScreenshotAsBase64` is not available within that specific element. — drec4s, Jan 22 '19 at 12:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '19 at 07:48

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You can use selenium only to take screenshot and convert into base64 form

   String Base64StringofScreenshot="";
    File src = ((TakesScreenshot) driverThread).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
    byte[] fileContent = FileUtils.readFileToByteArray(src);
    Base64StringofScreenshot = "data:image/png;base64,"+Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(fileContent);

answered Feb 01 '19 at 07:48

ravi creed

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This is not c#, its java – ravi creed Feb 03 '19 at 16:50
I am not sure in VBA, But i can tell u the steps..1.take screenshot and store it in object 2.convert the object into bytearray 3.convert the byte array into base64string and add 'data:image/png;base64,' substring before it, there you have your base64 string – ravi creed Feb 03 '19 at 16:50

Selenium Basic VBA - Screenshot as Base64

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